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1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh?s Royal Regiment - A black and white photograph of the Battalion marching off the parade square at Osnabruck after the Feroszeshah Parade in 1981. Leading are the assault pioneers wearing white aprons and carrying ceremonial silver axes. (L to R) Corporal Annear, Sergeant Rose, Corporal Irving, followed by the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Coxon. By tradition the pioneer sergeants in British army infantry battalions were the only soldiers allowed to wear a beard. The leading of the battalion by the pioneers on ceremonial occasions recalled the times when they had to clear a way across country for the main body of troops to follow

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh?s Royal Regiment - A black and white photograph of HMS Rame Head which was anchored along side Fort George, Londonderry. This was a decommissioned Canadian Destroyer used as overflow barrack accommodation for troops. The Company used this ship between the 11th and the 18th July 1974. This image shows a view of the ship with two members of the Company in the foreground. The soldier in the centre is Corporal Annear.

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh?s Royal Regiment - A colour photograph of the Corporals Mess on the occasion of the ?Maiwand? weekend 18th-20th July 1980 at Mercer Barracks, Osnabruck, West Germany. This photograph includes the Colonel-in-Chief, His Royal Highness Prince Phillip who was visiting the Battalion at this time. This image is named.